An Horrific London Preview

There are lots of things going on in London this year to celebrate Halloween, and although long lists of events are already doing the rounds on the web I wanted to pick out a few that think will be the most interesting – the kind of events that you talk about well after the fact…

I’ve been to several of the Jameson Cult Film Club events over the last year or so, and they’re returning to the Union Chapel in Islington over the weekend preceeding Halloween with two films – The Blair Witch Project on Saturday 29 October and the 1979 classic starring Donald Sutherland, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, on Sunday 30th. If they do the same kind of set dressing and scene re-enactments that have marked their previous events its going to be spectacular, not to mention the freely-flowing Jameson cocktails. The Union Chapel is a perfect venue for this kind of thing as it is an odd and rather creepy church! To be in with a chance of getting a pair of tickets you’ll have to sign up as a member of the Cult Film Club, which you can do on this webpage. Good luck!

Over in Greenwich on Friday 28 October there’s a family event, Spooky Masks and Mysterious Mobiles, where the kids can make their own Halloween masks in the amazing Painted Hall in the grounds of the Royal Naval College, as part of the Family Learning Festival. Even if you don’t have children in tow, the Royal Naval College is a fantastic place to visit – trivia fans might be interested to note that the last Pirates of the Caribbean film heavily featured the area around the Royal Naval College – in fact the Painted Hall itself was used as King George’s reception room…

On the evening of Monday 31 October there’s a really special event at one of London’s real treasures – a Halloween Magic Show at Wilton’s Music Hall in Shadwell. Given its current state of disrepair, Wilton’s needs all the patrons it can get if they’re to bring the venue back into full use, so if you can spare the £10 for a ticket I’m sure you’ll be treated to a really ghoulish and ghostly evening, Given it’s great age I imagine that the venue must have it’s share of real ghosts anyway…

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